IUCN/TRAFFIC analyses of the proposals to amend the CITES Appendices at the 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (submitted by Germany and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on behalf of IUCN/TRAFFIC)

Response to Canada CoP16 information document on polar bears (submitted by the United States of America at the request of the Humane Society International, International Fund for Animal Welfare and Natural Resources Defense Council)

Letter to the Parties at CoP16 regarding amendment proposals CoP16 Prop. 32 and CoP16 Prop. 38 on turtles (submitted by the United States of America at the request of the International Coalition of Concerned Turtle Scientists and Conservationists)

Why shark and manta ray species would benefit from a CITES Appendix-II listing (submitted by Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, the United States of America and the Member States of the European Union)

Rhino conservation, the illegal killing and hunting of rhinoceros in South Africa and comments on the proposal submitted by Kenya to place a zero quota for the export of hunting trophies of white rhinoceros (submitted by South Africa)